diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/ObjectArrayDeserializer.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/ObjectArrayDeserializer.java
index 45174c6718..49d447efd4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/ObjectArrayDeserializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/ObjectArrayDeserializer.java
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ public Object[] deserialize(JsonParser jp, DeserializationContext ctxt)
                 chunk[ix++] = value;
             }
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw JsonMappingException.wrapWithPath(e, chunk, ix);
+            throw JsonMappingException.wrapWithPath(e, chunk, buffer.bufferedSize() + ix);
         }
 
         Object[] result;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/PrimitiveArrayDeserializers.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/PrimitiveArrayDeserializers.java
index ea5ac60fcf..7ecdd90ec0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/PrimitiveArrayDeserializers.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/PrimitiveArrayDeserializers.java
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ public boolean[] deserialize(JsonParser jp, DeserializationContext ctxt)
                     chunk[ix++] = value;
                 }
             } catch (Exception e) {
-                throw JsonMappingException.wrapWithPath(e, chunk, ix);
+                throw JsonMappingException.wrapWithPath(e, chunk, builder.bufferedSize() + ix);
             }
             return builder.completeAndClearBuffer(chunk, ix);
         }
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ public byte[] deserialize(JsonParser jp, DeserializationContext ctxt)
                     chunk[ix++] = value;
                 }
             } catch (Exception e) {
-                throw JsonMappingException.wrapWithPath(e, chunk, ix);
+                throw JsonMappingException.wrapWithPath(e, chunk, builder.bufferedSize() + ix);
             }
             return builder.completeAndClearBuffer(chunk, ix);
         }
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ public short[] deserialize(JsonParser jp, DeserializationContext ctxt)
                     chunk[ix++] = value;
                 }
             } catch (Exception e) {
-                throw JsonMappingException.wrapWithPath(e, chunk, ix);
+                throw JsonMappingException.wrapWithPath(e, chunk, builder.bufferedSize() + ix);
             }
             return builder.completeAndClearBuffer(chunk, ix);
         }
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ public int[] deserialize(JsonParser jp, DeserializationContext ctxt)
                     chunk[ix++] = value;
                 }
             } catch (Exception e) {
-                throw JsonMappingException.wrapWithPath(e, chunk, ix);
+                throw JsonMappingException.wrapWithPath(e, chunk, builder.bufferedSize() + ix);
             }
             return builder.completeAndClearBuffer(chunk, ix);
         }
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ public long[] deserialize(JsonParser jp, DeserializationContext ctxt)
                     chunk[ix++] = value;
                 }
             } catch (Exception e) {
-                throw JsonMappingException.wrapWithPath(e, chunk, ix);
+                throw JsonMappingException.wrapWithPath(e, chunk, builder.bufferedSize() + ix);
             }
             return builder.completeAndClearBuffer(chunk, ix);
         }
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ public float[] deserialize(JsonParser jp, DeserializationContext ctxt)
                     chunk[ix++] = value;
                 }
             } catch (Exception e) {
-                throw JsonMappingException.wrapWithPath(e, chunk, ix);
+                throw JsonMappingException.wrapWithPath(e, chunk, builder.bufferedSize() + ix);
             }
             return builder.completeAndClearBuffer(chunk, ix);
         }
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ public double[] deserialize(JsonParser jp, DeserializationContext ctxt)
                     chunk[ix++] = value;
                 }
             } catch (Exception e) {
-                throw JsonMappingException.wrapWithPath(e, chunk, ix);
+                throw JsonMappingException.wrapWithPath(e, chunk, builder.bufferedSize() + ix);
             }
             return builder.completeAndClearBuffer(chunk, ix);
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/StringArrayDeserializer.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/StringArrayDeserializer.java
index a4e08e4636..142eda3559 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/StringArrayDeserializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/StringArrayDeserializer.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public final class StringArrayDeserializer
     extends StdDeserializer<String[]>
     implements ContextualDeserializer
 {
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = -7589512013334920693L;
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
     public final static StringArrayDeserializer instance = new StringArrayDeserializer();
     
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public String[] deserialize(JsonParser jp, DeserializationContext ctxt) throws I
                 chunk[ix++] = value;
             }
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw JsonMappingException.wrapWithPath(e, chunk, ix);
+            throw JsonMappingException.wrapWithPath(e, chunk, buffer.bufferedSize() + ix);
         }
         String[] result = buffer.completeAndClearBuffer(chunk, ix, String.class);
         ctxt.returnObjectBuffer(buffer);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/util/PrimitiveArrayBuilder.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/util/PrimitiveArrayBuilder.java
index 468f392370..69c902f9f9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/util/PrimitiveArrayBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/util/PrimitiveArrayBuilder.java
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ protected PrimitiveArrayBuilder() { }
     /**********************************************************
      */
 
+    public int bufferedSize() { return _bufferedEntryCount; }
+    
     public T resetAndStart()
     {
         _reset();